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Beenie Man is maintaining that there is only one King in the Dancehall, and that title belongs to him because, among other things, he was the first person to present Vybz Kartel — one of the other contenders to the honorific name — to the world stage via the Billboard chart.
Spider-Man: No Way Home star Tom Holland says he’d pick Bob Marley‘s critically acclaimed album Legend: The Best of Bob Marley And The Wailers to take with him through a post-apocalyptic scenario.
The inaugural Magnum Top Performa competition has come to a close after over three months of intense lyrical battles and creative performances.
Grammy Award-winning Reggae artist Koffee has earned another Brit Certified Silver Award, this time for her track W, which features American rapper Gunna.
Dancehall icon Beenie Man has declared Ghanaian artist Stonebwoy the “Prince of Dancehall”. Beenie Man made his proclamation on Monday, during an interview on Okay 101.7FM, a day after he and his team arrived in Accra, Ghana for Stonebwoy’s highly-anticipated Bhim Concert, which both men will be headlining at the Grand Arena in the country’s capital on Tuesday.
Sharon Marley, the eldest daughter of Bob Marley, says his widow, Rita Marley also deserves, just like the late Reggae icon, to be conferred with the title of National Hero of Jamaica.
Dancehall star Konshens has expressed his disappointment with the performance of his track Pay For It featuring the Queen of Dancehall, Spice, and music producer Rvssian.
When Dancehall star Shenseea said she was ‘way too blessed,’ she certainly wasn’t lying. On the heels of her MOBO award for Best Reggae Act, the 25-year-old was named the 2021 Breakout Awards Globetrotter winner on Sunday during LiveXLive’s award show.
Dancehall artist Quada has confirmed splitting from Popcaan’s ‘Unruly Camp’. Quada, who is now the CEO of his own music label Wellbad Entertainment, told Winford Williams in an Onstage TV interview over the weekend, that even though the exit was amicable, he has “leveled up” and now manages his own career.
Culture and Development specialist, Professor Carolyn Cooper, says up to this day, 10 years after she invited Vybz Kartel to deliver his Pretty Like a Colouring Book: My Life and My Art lecture to students at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus, she is still being vilified by many Jamaicans for her decision.
Celebrity music video director, child., says working with Grammy Award-winning Reggae artist Koffee was pure bliss.
Acclaimed veteran music producer Lloyd “King Jammy” James has commended producer Clevie of Steely & Clevie Productions for filing a copyright infringement lawsuit against Despacito singer Luis Fonsi for infringing on their intellectual property rights.
Ghananian Gospel Singer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Wegeiwor Aseweh, has declared that nobody can do a good Reggae song unless they are “intelligent”.
Legendary music producer Clive Hunt has said that he not only gave J.C. Lodge her moniker, but that he masterminded her 1980 cover version of American singer Charlie Pride’s Someone Loves You, Honey, the song which resulted in the undoing of Jamaican music producer Joe Gibbs.
Bounty Killer, on Monday, recalled a momentous occasion at the now-defunct annual Sting stage show back in 1993.
Grammy-winning Dancehall artist Sean Paul has confirmed that he has teamed up with yet another international Pop sensation, this time British singer and actress Rita Ora.
Grammy-nominated Reggae veteran Maxi Priest has added his voice to the conversation sparked by the emerging Dancehall act Jahshii.
With Reggae and Dancehall music now fully rooted in Ghana, and visa-free travel between Jamaica and the West African country now in place, PinexGinja, a Beyond The Return event, is coming in for an encore in Accra, Ghana’s capital, on Christmas Eve, under the theme ‘Dancehall 4EVA’.
Jamaican superstar Chronixx says he has evolved from being the teenaged ‘Dancehall principal’, into a more reflective artist, akin to the likes of Reggae icons, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Burning Spear, and American Country legend Willie Nelson.
Two 2021 Best Reggae Album Grammy nominees Spice and Gramps Morgan were among the ‘distinguished guests’ who repped for Jamaica at The American Immigrant Society’s cultural showcase of the Republic of Turkey, Jamaica, the Republic of South Africa and Japan, which took place in New York City on Wednesday.